Note: Film and book spoilers below. Unbroken, a film by Angelina Jolie from the Laura Hillenbrand biography of the same name, tells the story of Louis Zamperini, a man who lived an epic life of service, survival, glory, agony, and redemption. Agony and survival become two of the main themes in the film, to the point […]

100 year old U.S. Navy veteran Dario Raschio was scheduled to receive some long overdue medals for his service in World War II this weekend at a town hall in Portland, Oregon arranged by Senator Ron Wyden. The veteran of five campaigns in the Pacific Theatre was the subject of many stories, having done multiple […]

While we are on the subject of World War II and the worst things to have happened since that pivotal 20th Century event, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defied domestic public opinion on Tuesday when he pushed for and the country’s coalition government approved of a shift in the nation’s defense policy. For 70 years, […]

There is little to say or write about D-Day that hasn’t already been expressed over the past seventy years by those more eloquent than me, or especially by those who took part in the greatest invasion in human history, and for the noblest purpose. Some events challenge not just the imagination, but even language itself. […]

"You can’t carry a large land-war Defense Department when there is no large land war."

This is the whole reason he was brought on as SecDef in the first place, Legal Insurrection reminds us. Obama knew that he’d take heat from Republicans for downsizing the military, but maybe not quite as much heat if he had a nominal Republican in charge of the process. For the United States, the age […]

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Perhaps it’s fitting that the Vice President is winding up a tour of Asian nations as this day arrives. The media is still obsessed with celebrity activities and I don’t see much recognition of this very dark anniversary, but it is certainly worth our time to remember the words of FDR some 24 hours after […]

The video will no doubt be glorious but I can’t find any yet. For the time being, we’ll have to rely on Stars & Stripes reporter Leo Shane, who was on the scene when GOP Rep. Steve King distracted a park cop so that the vets could stream in. They came to Washington to see […]

If there is any validity to this story whatsoever, somebody in Washington needs to be held to account immediately. On Thursday, Congress grilled the leadership of the Joint Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Command (JPAC) over fiscal waste, a lack of clear leadership focus, and a general failure to perform their jobs at […]

This is a season when we cover far, far too many depressing tales of politics and Washington power. As we roll through the end of the NFL playoffs, what say we take a moment to lend our thoughts to something nicer? There was a birthday party this weekend in New Jersey, and it was honoring […]

More than 30,000 people are expected to attend Saturday’s screening of “Honor Flight” at Milwaukee’s Miller Park, which would break the world record for a film premiere. The feature-length documentary chronicles the stories of World War II veterans who made their way to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial built in their honor. The free […]

A little more than a month ago, my friends Clay Broga and Dan Hayes of Freethink Media forwarded me the trailer to a documentary they plan to release in November and asked that I consider sharing the video with my own friends and colleagues. I watched the trailer — and tears started to stream down […]